Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks newsletter.
Come and join us for the evening litter pick with Southampton Common Forum this Friday! Meeting at 18:00-19:00 just north of the Cowherds.
If you have an event or article you would like to see published on CrowdLeaf newsletter please feel free to contact us 🙂
If you missed Ryan Carter on the radio – Voice FM Thursday 4th October – you can listen in again to the show here.
Climate Change and Pollution
US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate change and growth
Final call to save the world from ‘climate catastrophe’
Never exercise at rush hour: six ways to avoid air pollution
Harrison Ford: “Stop giving power to the people who don’t believe in science”
London under threat of ‘sinking’ as global warming makes sea levels rise, new report finds
Ikea says goodbye to plastic straws with display at London’s design museum
Wildlife and Conservation
Thames whale Benny the beluga ‘cannot be hauled out’
Destruction of threatened species habitat taking place on ‘scandalously huge scale’
Cutting edge DNA analysis to reveal the secret wildlife of urban nature reserves
UK announces extra £6m to protect endangered wildlife
Recycling and Sustainability
Smiley face stickers improve food recycling in Bristol
Walkers Crisps introduces recycling scheme amid outcry over packaging waste
Overwhelmed by climate change? Here’s what you can do
First commercial waste-based biofuel flight lands in London
Events
Evening Litter Pick – Southampton common 12th October
Green drinks – Portsmouth 18th October
Repair Cafe Portsmouth 20th October
Handy Websites
Check Out the Eco Collective who offer 100% vegan products and offer gluten free and organic produce.
Something we look to help businesses do in the future. If you are a business that is in the waste(not) business please get in touch –Mixed Plastic Banks In Southampton
Here is Southampton’s list on what to put into your blue lid recycling bin: What Can I Recycle?
Pledge Your Commitment To Improving Hampshires Recycling Habits
This brilliant website gives tips and ideas about food waste and how to reduce it.
Instead of throwing out or bagging up (to gather dust) all those clothes children quickly grow out of this is a brilliant website to buy or sell unwanted children clothes. It is run by a busy mum who also knows what it’s like with ever growing children and the endless amount of clothes children accumulate.
‘Last year a quarter of the clothing we got rid of was simply thrown away. That’s a staggering 300,000 tonnes that went into landfill. So many of those items could have been re-used and enjoyed by a another child, instead of contributing to the destruction of the planet.’
Contact us!
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We would also like to start adding a directory to our newsletter, making it more accessible for everyone to gain information, join other environmental groups or eco-friendly businesses that sell eco-friendly products. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact us. We can also help advertise and advise on any campaigns and fundraising events, with the option to advertise on our webpage, facebook and newsletters.
Equally if you have an article or blog which is relevant to the local or global cause of making the world cleaner and greener or feel there is an issue that could be part of a discussion, then feel free to send it over and we can publish it.
Contact us via our website:
Look us up on Facebook or drop us an email:
vicky@crowdleaf.org.uk
ryan@crowdleaf.org.uk
On behalf of CrowdLeaf,
Vicky & Ryan
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Pollution Tracking Tools
London Air Pollution Live Data
See you next time!